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1. www.elle.com › culture › movies-tvThe True Story Behind 'Zola' | Read The Viral Twitter Thread ...

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   Jun 30, 2021 · The film is the first to be based entirely off a series of a tweets, which themselves were based on a true story, originally posted in 2015 by a woman named A'Ziah King, also known as Zola. If you ...

2. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsIs Zola a true story? The epic story behind new movie | The ...

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   Aug 6, 2021 · It went on to tell the saga of A’Ziah-Monae “Zola” King, a Detroit waitress and dancer who embarked on a bizarre and highly eventful road trip with a woman she’d met just hours before ...

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4. www.newsweek.com › zola-true-story-real-zolaThe Unbelievable True Story Behind 'Zola' - Newsweek

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   Jun 30, 2021 · The mind-blowing story is based on a viral Twitter thread Aziah 'Zola' Wells posted in October 2015. Newsweek has everything you need to know about the jaw-dropping true story behind Zola. In ...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-58016738Zola: How a road trip became a viral story of sex trafficking

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   Aug 5, 2021 · In the film, Zola, played by Paige, strikes up a friendship with a customer, Stefani, played by Keough, who cajoles her into joining her for a weekend of partying in Tampa, Florida. What is ...

6. nypost.com › 2021/03/31 › heres-the-zola-twitterHere's the 'Zola' Twitter thread that told the movie's true story

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   Mar 31, 2021 · The next day, King agreed to go on a trip with Jessica, where she was promised a well-paying dancing gig. They leave that night. “So I’m like ok ok I’ll be ready,” King tweeted. “I pack ...

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7. www.esquire.com › uk › cultureIs 'Zola' A True Story? Director Janicza Bravo Doesn't Care ...

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   Aug 6, 2021 · Courtesy of Anna Kooris / A24 Films. Riley Keough and Taylour Paige as Stefani and Zola. Bravo was conscious of the fact that Zola was not live-tweeting as the story unfolded, but rather looking ...

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   Is 'Zola' based on a true story?

   • The full “hoeism” thread from 2015 went viral detailing the Odyssean saga of A’Ziah-Monae “Zola” King, a Detroit waitress and dancer who embarked on a mind-boggling road trip to Florida with a schemer she met just hours before. That story is the basis for “Zola,” directed by Janicza Bravo and written by Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris.

   Here's the 'Zola' Twitter thread that told the movie's true story

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   Is Zola a fictitious story?

   • In the immediate wake of the thread captivating Twitter, some accused the epic of being mostly or entirely fictitious. But both Rolling Stone and the Washington Post were able to verify many details of Zola's account, adding not only credibility but an awed urgency to the young woman's tale.

   The True Story Behind 'Zola' | Read The Viral Twitter Thread That

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   Why is Zola's 'the story' so popular?

   • It became known as #TheStory and captivated social media users around the world (no mean feat when Twitter threads hadn’t been introduced yet, meaning readers would have to piece the story together themselves), earning praise from celebrities like Solange Knowles and Missy Elliot, who likened reading Zola’s tale to “watching a movie on Twitter.”

   Zola: The wild Twitter tale behind summer’s most buzzed-about film

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   Who wrote 'Zola tells all'?

   • In November 2015, David Kusher, writing for Rolling Stones, published an article called "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted," which included interviews with the people involved in the story.

   The Unbelievable True Story Behind 'Zola' - Newsweek

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   Is 'Zola' a new movie?

   • So begins the wild tale behind the new movie “Zola.” But that was also the start of the massively viral Twitter thread that inspired the highly anticipated flick, out in theaters now.

   Here's the 'Zola' Twitter thread that told the movie's true story

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   Who plays Zola in 'Bad Girl' based on a true story?

   • In the film, Zola, played by Paige, strikes up a friendship with a customer, Stefani, played by Keough, who cajoles her into joining her for a weekend of partying in Tampa, Florida. What is supposed to be a lucrative weekend where the two women earn money by dancing in clubs ends with Zola being caught up in a dangerous world of sex trafficking.

   Zola: How a road trip became a viral story of sex trafficking

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9. www.standard.co.uk › culture › filmZola: The wild Twitter tale behind summer’s most buzzed-about ...

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   A’Ziah ‘Zola’ King’s viral 2015 Twitter thread had all the elements for a gripping film - and now it has become just that, courtesy of director Janicza Bravo and her co-writer Jeremy O. Harris